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Mainmast
Centremost, and generally highest, mast.
Main-
Prefix referring a component of the mainmast... maintop, main-chains, main back-stay, etc.
Maintenance Ship
Mast
The central support for the sail or lifting gear
Master
Commissioned officer charged with physically sailing the ship.
Master Form
The basic form of the master form bow:
See also: Bow.
Master's Mates
Warrant officers assisting the master.
Masts
Vertical spars that carry the yards. From the bow, they are the Foremast, Mainmast, and Mizzenmast. Each was composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a t'gallant mast.
Mess
Men grouped for feeding purposes. The "Officer's Mess" was the wardroom. Groups of eight or so seamen were grouped as a "mess", and one designated the "mess cook". At mealtimes, the mess cook would fetch the food for his mess.
Midshipman
The lowest rank of officer aboard ship. Service as midshipman for a number of years was required before applying for a commission.
Minehunter
Minelayer
Minesweeper
Mizzen
Prefix referring a component of the mizzen-mast... mizzen-chains, mizzen backstay, etc.
Mizzen-mast
Aftmost mast, often the smallest of the three. (Third mast from the bow.)